Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

When I directed my first short - 'American Virgin' - I had no idea if I could actually do it. Like, I might just get onto set, have everyone look at me and just completely freeze and have no idea what to do. But pretty much the opposite of that happened. I was like a fish diving into the sea. ”

I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it. ”

People say never work with children and animals. I actually like working with Oliver Bell, and working with a rat really opens possibilities to you because you don't know how it's going to be. It's just a rat, so you can just react to this rat being a rat, if that makes sense. ”

I have a shallow understanding of what it means to be alive, and I know certain things about parenting and being a wife and doing the school run. I know little bits, but I'm really a paddler on a beach. ”

Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying? ”

I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity. ”

I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful. ”

I feel like a 16-year-old trapped inside a dead woman's body. ”

I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it. ”

I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun. ”